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动物的抽象多次训练和寻找衍生的刺激关系
摘要:Throughout its history, behavior analysis has emphasized the continuity of principles across species. Skinner’s ( ) famous presentation of three cumulative records showing identical patterns of fixed-interval responding from pigeon, rat and monkey set a tone that guided the field. The many examples of complex behavior that are unique to the repertoire of humans were noted by Skinner, but his strategy was always application of basic principles derived from the animal laboratory to account for more complex phenomena including verbal behavior (Skinner, , ). However, in recent years, several behavior analysts have suggested a need to propose new, and perhaps uniquely human, processes to account for research on derived stimulus relations (e.g., Hayes, Barnes-Holmes, & Roche, ; Hayes & Sanford, ; Horne & Lowe, ). In this paper, we consider these issues in light of the growing literature on emergent relations in animals. Although there are relatively recent reviews of this literature (e.g., Lionello-DeNolf, ; Zentall, Wasserman, & Urcuioli, ), controversy remains (Dymond, ; Hughes & Barnes-Holmes, ; McIlvane, ), and the purpose of our paper is to briefly review and reconsider the current status. Our analysis leads us to a focus on two key emerging research areas: 1) studies based on Urcuioli’s ( ) theory and 2) analyses of multiple exemplar training in humans and animals. We believe that developments in these two areas may help to identify the place of animal research in the study of emergent relations.